Fence-stay



(No Model.)

J. M. MOORE.

5 FENCE STAY. No. 575,259.

Patented 555,12, 1857.

i of the side or parallel members.

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JOHN M. MOORE, OF RUSHVILLE, ILLINOIS.

FENCE-STAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,259, dated January 12, 1897. Application filed September 10, 1895. Serial No. 562,079.V (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN M. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rushville, in the county of Schuyler and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Fence-Stay, of which the followingis a speciiication.

This invention relates to stays for bracing wire fences and maintaining the line-wires in fixed relation, and most particularly to those stays which are formed of a series of individual links coupled together in such a manner as to admit of the yielding of the upper wire when a weight is placed thereon without causing a sagging of the panel.

The improvement aims to facilitate the adjustment of the stay to the fencea-wires and to render comparatively easy the making of repairs in the event of the latter becoming necessary.

Other objects and advantages are contemplated and will become manifest as the nature of the invention is understood.

The improvement consists in certain details and combinations of the parts, which herein after will be more fully set forth and claimed, and which are shown in the annexed drawings, in whichm Figure l is a side elevation of afence-panel, illustrating the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse view of the stay. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the stay on a larger scale. Fig. 4 is a top plan View showing the relative disposition of the binder for securing the stay from movement upon the fence-wires. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a link.

Like numerals of reference refer to corre sponding parts in all the iigures of the drawings. I

The wire fence may be of any approved construction, and, as shown, comprises the fenceposts 1 and the line-wires 2. The stay is formed of a series of similarly-constructed links 3, which are substantially U-sliaped in side elevation and have eyes i at the free ends These links will be of various lengths,corresponding to the varying distances between the line-wires, and in assembling the elements in the construction of the stay the links are disposed with the eyes 4 embracing the straight closed ends 5 of the contiguous parts, as commonly practiced in the manufacture of chains.

'ment therewith by the eyes 4. Two links are providedv between the topmost line-wire and the wire immediately therebelow to admit of the yielding or depression of the upper wire without causing a sagging of the other wires comprising the panel.v A similar disposition of links may be provided between the second and the third line-wires for a like purpose.

To prevent a movement of the stay upon the line-wires, short binding-wires 6 are provided and have their end portions coiled around the respective line-wires upon opposite sides of the stay, the end portions of the binding-wires being reversely coiled, so as to secure a better grip upon the end portions of the links comprising the stay. 4

The stay is formed by slipping the links upon the line-wires so that the closed ends of the links will come in contact with the respective line-wires, and the terminal portions of the parallel or side members are bent to embrace the closed end of the adjacent link and line-wire, and after the stay has been formed the binding-wires are applied so as to fix its position. By having the closed ends of the links straight and embracing the linewires provision is had for the eyes of the oontiguous links embracing them and the respective line wires upon opposite sides of their point of crossing, thereby resulting in the production of a stay which when once properly applied will retain its position and form a substantial brace for the line-wires, and the links themselves can be quickly cou pled and placed in position when. applying the stay to a line of fencing.

In the embodiment of the invention for a particular and special purpose it is to be un derstood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-n- In wire' fencing, the combination with the lOO line-wires of a stay comprising a series of substantially U-shaped links having' their closed ends straight and embracing the respective line-Wires, and having eyes at their free ends which encircle the closed ends of the adjacent links and the line-Wires embraced thereby, the line-Wires and the closed ends of the links being held in the embrace of the eyes of the contiguous links upon op posite sides of their point of crossing, subxo stantiallyas set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN M. MOORE.

Vitnesses:

GEORGE T. WEIGHT, JOSEPH DYSON. 

